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Juan C. Sanchez-Arias, MD, PhD
Trained as medical doctor and neuroscientist, I’m currently investigating the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying cardiac arrythmias and seizures associated with a novel genetic variant in an ion channel adapter protein combinng model organism research, clinical genetics, bio-informatics, and computational modelling.
Education
Doctoral of Philosophy in Neuroscience
University of Victoria - Division of Medical Sciences
Victoria, BC, Canada
2020 - 2015
- Dissertation: Pannexin 1 regulates dendritic spine formation.
Doctor of Medicine (Medico y Cirujano)
Universidad del Valle - School of Medicine
Cali, Valle, Colombia
2014 - 2007
- Pre-Diploma Rotatory Internship: Hospital Universitario del Valle ESE - Universidad del Valle. Cali, Valle. Colombia.
- Professional elective: Neurosurgery and Neurocritical Care. Department of Neurosurgery.Hospital Universitario del Valle ESE - Universidad del Valle. Cali, Valle. Colombia.
- Observership: Functional Neurosurgery. Department of Neurosurgery. University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System. University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago, IL. USA. Supervisor: Dr. Konstantin Slavin.
Research Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Medical Sciences
University of Victoria
Current - 2020
- Area of study: Inherited arrythmias | Medical genetics | Bioinformatics | Ion channel biology | Calcium and voltage dysregulation in cardiomyocytes.
- Roles: Project and data management, reserch execution, grant writing, research writing and presentation.
- Analyzed transcriptomcs datasets to characterize the temporal and spatial expression of relevant inherited arrhythmias associated genes and assembled protein-protein interaction networks functional enrichment analysis for these genes
Graduate Research Assistant
Division of Medical Sciences
Univesity of Victoria
2020 - 2015
- Area of study: Ion and metabolite channels, developmental neurobiology, channel trafficking, neuronal cytoskeleton, neural stem cells, advanced microscopy.
- Roles: Project and data management, reserch execution, grant writing, research writing and presentation.
- Developed and optimized methods to visualize excitatory synapses in experimental models.
Research Medical Intern
Centro de Estudios Cerebrales
Universidad del Valle
2014 - 2013
- Area of study: functional neuroanatomy, cerebral cortex organization, traumatic brain injury, stroke, neuroprotection.
- Roles: Supported and executed research on experimental traumatic brain injury and ischemic stroke in rodents.
- Supported clinical assessment of patients in the spinal cord injury clinic.
Undergraduate Medical Researcher
School of Public Health
Universida del Valle
2011 - 2010
- Area of study: Cardiovascular risk health, spinal cord injury, rehabilitation medicine, public health.
- Roles: Project and data management, reserch execution, grant writing, research writing and presentation.